Mas Rusli

I have now been out of school for 11 days. We have another 5 this week before we return September 6th. I know a lot of you don't start school until this time anyway, but here in Louisiana we start in August and normally I would be prepping for the third week of school tonight. But I'm not. It is tough to sit around and do nothing after you have already gotten back into the swing of things. Needless to say, I've been going out of mind. So what does one do when they are on extended unplanned break from school? Help. Bake. I've made cookies for Mrs. Robinson, one of our first grade teachers, lost everything in the flood and I baked her some rainbows. She loves my cookies and I just wanted to do something special for her! I've also tried out some new recipes. Like this chicken bacon ranch braid. Delicious. Train. Who says you can't have fun while training?  Eating while training is essential.  Knocked out the Ethics training, which channeled not only Game of Thrones...

It has been a tough couple of weeks here in Baton Rouge. Since August 12, it has rained every single day. Nothing like we had August 12-13, but the rain comes nevertheless. Friday morning, about 6:30 am this was my courtyard. School was canceled maybe 15 minutes later. Carly and I stayed in. I drank coffee, read some email, thought nothing of the rain. I had forgotten to grab my backpack from the car so I went to go get it.  Then this happened. VERY SHORTLY AFTER. That's my front step. I opened the door and that's what I stepped in.   I turned back on the news and listened more closely. All of the surrounding parishes and school systems had closed. One school system waited until after 7 to cancel and children were on a bus. That bus was overcome by flash flooding and was pushed off the road. Thankfully the children and bus driver were unharmed.  The meteorologist zoomed out the map and it looked like a miniature hurricane had situated itself over southern Louisiana and Mi...